Financial Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Financial Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 693 806 1089
Rank change year-on-year +113 +283 -227
Permanent jobs citing Financial Analysis 212 166 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.16% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.17% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 80 49 57
10th Percentile £31,000 £39,100 £43,700
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £76,500 £102,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Financial Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Financial Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Financial Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Financial Analysis.

Salary trend for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Financial Analysis in the UK

Financial Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +122 185 £75,000 +36.36% 101
UK excluding London +45 116 £40,000 -11.11% 46
Work from Home +99 97 £57,000 -0.87% 26
London +108 89 £85,000 +54.55% 55
North of England +91 51 £42,500 -5.56% 17
North West +36 35 £35,000 -22.22% 13
Midlands 0 21 £47,500 +50.79% 6
Yorkshire +105 16 £90,000 - 2
West Midlands +22 15 £47,500 - 4
South East -22 13 £42,500 -39.29% 11
Scotland -57 10 £27,500 - 1
East of England +17 6 £32,000 - 4
East Midlands -16 6 - - 2
Wales - 6 - - 2
South West -19 5 £34,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

Financial Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.47%) Confluence
1 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (23.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.42%) Primavera
2 3 (1.42%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (13.68%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.30%) Azure
4 5 (2.36%) SaaS
5 2 (0.94%) AWS
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.47%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.47%) IaaS
6 1 (0.47%) PaaS
6 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.36%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.42%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.68%) Power BI
2 20 (9.43%) Tableau
3 17 (8.02%) Data Mining
4 9 (4.25%) Big Data
5 4 (1.89%) Essbase
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Looker
6 1 (0.47%) OLTP
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.47%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 212 (100.00%) Finance
2 118 (55.66%) Social Skills
3 57 (26.89%) Marketing
4 44 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (19.81%) Legal
6 19 (8.96%) Retail
7 7 (3.30%) Law
7 7 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.83%) Banking
8 6 (2.83%) Games
9 5 (2.36%) Advertising
9 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.42%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.42%) Local Government
10 3 (1.42%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.47%) Billing
11 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (41.98%) Analyst
2 49 (23.11%) Financial Analyst
3 47 (22.17%) Consultant
4 39 (18.40%) Senior
5 38 (17.92%) Senior Analyst
6 25 (11.79%) Senior Financial Analyst
7 13 (6.13%) Lead
8 10 (4.72%) Forensic Manager
8 10 (4.72%) Project Manager
9 9 (4.25%) Commercial Analyst
10 8 (3.77%) Customer Analyst
10 8 (3.77%) Finance Manager
10 8 (3.77%) Finance Project Manager
10 8 (3.77%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 8 (3.77%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (2.83%) Architect
11 6 (2.83%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.83%) Development Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Systems Support
11 6 (2.83%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.94%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.47%) EDI
2 1 (0.47%) JSON
2 1 (0.47%) REST
2 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.62%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.25%) Reinsurance
3 5 (2.36%) Digital Signage
3 5 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (2.36%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (1.42%) Acoustics
4 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.42%) Social Media
5 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.94%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.94%) FMCG
6 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.47%) Roadmaps
2 51 (24.06%) Financial Modelling
3 48 (22.64%) Impact Assessments
4 47 (22.17%) Data Architecture
4 47 (22.17%) Enterprise Architecture
4 47 (22.17%) Service Delivery
4 47 (22.17%) Strategic Roadmap
5 46 (21.70%) Actionable Insight
6 41 (19.34%) Decision-Making
7 37 (17.45%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (16.51%) Budgeting
9 33 (15.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 32 (15.09%) Agile
11 30 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (13.21%) Economics
13 25 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (11.32%) Performance Metrics
15 23 (10.85%) Business Strategy
16 22 (10.38%) Mathematics
17 21 (9.91%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (18.87%) SQL
2 21 (9.91%) Python
3 6 (2.83%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.94%) VBA
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (27.83%) Degree
2 37 (17.45%) ACCA
3 27 (12.74%) CIMA
4 14 (6.60%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.77%) MBA
6 7 (3.30%) AAT
7 3 (1.42%) HNC
7 3 (1.42%) HND
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) IIBA
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.25%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.83%) IFRS
4 5 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.89%) PMO
6 3 (1.42%) COSO
6 3 (1.42%) ISO 31000
6 3 (1.42%) NIST
6 3 (1.42%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) GAAP
7 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 37 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.83%) CA
3 5 (2.36%) Cisco
3 5 (2.36%) Dell
4 4 (1.89%) Hyperion
4 4 (1.89%) Oracle
5 3 (1.42%) Cadence
6 2 (0.94%) Facebook
6 2 (0.94%) Workday
7 1 (0.47%) Concur
7 1 (0.47%) Google
7 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.47%) SAP